' hopes of getting releases were crushed when president obama stopped talking about closing it. >> nothing in the inauguration speech about closing in, nothing in the state of union. he's not restaffing the office that was focused on closing or transferring. >> kelly described the hunger strike now involving 25 detainees as an attempt to regain attention. white house officials say they're still committed to closing gitmo as the president once promised. >> guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. >> but they say the hands are tied by congress and to prepare for the long haul, officials tell nbc news general kelly wants to spend tens of millions for a new guards barracks, dining hall, and new conference center. the pentagon is already spending $40 million for an underwater fiber optic cable to pipe video of the military commission hearings of the 9/11 hijackers. gitmo seems to be the one place they don't seem to care about spending money. for "today" michael isikoff. >> we're getting a first look at a revolutionary surgery out of the ronald reagan ucla medical center that h